Patient Identity news from FierceHealthIT
NewsHIMSS urges Congress: Create a national patient identifier
HIMSS has asked Congress to support the development of a "nationwide patient identity solution" to promote interoperability and reduce errors related to mismatches between health data and patients. Read more...
MGMA 09: Health reform bills would mandate electronic transactions
All three healthcare reform bills pending in the House of Representatives and both bills currently before the Senate would mandate greater use of standardized electronic transactions for Read more...
HITRUST releases proposed security framework
In recent times, we've been telling you about new requirements for health IT security, including a new requirement from the FTC that since healthcare providers are creditors, they need to have Read more...
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